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Hiroyuki Nakamura

Hiroyuki Nakamura

Institute of Science Tokyo

Professor

Japan

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Medicinal chemistry, Cancer therapy, Protein modification

ACADEMIC CAREER

B.S., 1991, Tohoku University, Ph.D., 1996, Tohoku University (advisor: Prof. Yoshinori Yamamoto); Assistant Professor, 1995–1997, Kyushu University, 1997-2002, Tohoku University; Visiting Assistant Professor, 2000-2001, University of Pittsburgh (advisor: Prof. Dennis P. Curran); Associate Professor, 2002-2006, Gakushuin University; Professor, 2006-2013, Gakushuin University; Professor, 2013-2024, Tokyo Institute of Technology; 2024-present, Institute of Science Tokyo

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  • A BODIPY-based photothermal agent incorporating azulene for enhanced NIR absorption and tumor ablation K. Nishimura, M. Kato, T. Fukui, K. Miura, M. Tsuda, S. Okada, T. Fukushima, H. Nakamura, Mol.  Pharmaceutics, 22(5), 2660–2670 (2025).

  • Methylene Insertion into Nitrogen by-Heteroatom σ-Bonds of 1,2-Azoles via a Zinc Carbenoid: An Alternative Tool  for Skeletal Editing. M. Tsuda, T. Morita, Y. Morita, J. Takaya, H. Nakamura, Adv. Sci., 11, 2307563 (2024). 

  • Efficient neutron capture therapy of glioblastoma with pteroyl-closo-dodecaborate-conjugated 4-(p-iodophenyl)butyric  acid (PBC-IP), K. Nishimura, H. Kashiwagi, T. Morita, Y. Fukuo, S. Okada, K. Miura, Y. Matsumoto, Y. Sugawara, T.  Enomoto, M. Suzuki, K. Nakai, S. Kawabata, H. Nakamura, J. Control. Release, 360, 249-259 (2023).

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Oxazaborolidines by Palladium-Catalyzed N–H/B–H Double Activation of 1,2- Azaborines, T. Morita, H. Murakami, Y. Asawa, H. Nakamura, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 61(7), e202113558 (2022).

  • Proximity Histidine Labeling by Umpolung Strategy Using Singlet Oxygen, K. Nakane, S. Sato, T. Niwa, M.  Tsushima, S. Tomoshige, H. Taguchi, M. Ishikawa, H. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 20, 7726–7731 (2021)

WHY MY LAB?

Advanced instruments, molecular dynamics using super computer, innovative techniques

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